Tie-plate.



' UNITED STATES PATENT oEEicE.

'IIE-PLATE;- f.

Bc it known that I, Louis Liziioviwi, a eitizen of the United States, and a resident. of

. Scdaliaj, inthe county of lettis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Tie-Plate, of which thel following if a nll,`clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to metallic tic' plates, and has in view snch an appliance as forms a seat. for they rail and engages over the base flanges. the plate extending downV at each side of the tic and to the under side.

nally of the rail at the' top and'transversely of the rail at the bottom.

'Iheinvention farther resides in the inode of spiking the plate to thetie. y

Reference is to` be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thi` s1pecitiation, in which .s imilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parte` in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved tie plate applied to the tie and to the rail; Fig. 2 is a central vertieal 'seetion of thc saine, taken transversely ot the rail; Fig. 3 is a vertical section longitudinally of the. rail on substantially the lineV `3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, isa perspective view. of one of the tie. moved from the tie.

'li'ne tie plate is constructed to conform to the. tie, and incase the tiet'or a portion ot' ita length under the rail, the plate being divided into two sect ions, each sect ion, as ahown in Fig. 4, comprising a top plate 5, a side plate t and a bottom plate 7, the top platel 5 being one-half the width of thel side plate and bottomplate and arranged to extend longitudinally of the rail and forni a seat for one side thereof, and is provided with number of jaws 8, preferably two, arranged to engage over the top of one ofthe base tianges of the rail, the plate between plate sections i'ethe jaws having a Spike opening to permit'.

of a s )ike 9 heilig driven into the tie. The side p ate of each tie plate section has a spike opening 10 about; midway its heightl or near the top and arranged at the opposite sile f roin the attached top plate 5, through vvwhich a spike 11 is driven into the tie. The

to plate5 of each tie plate section preferab y entends at. one end slightly beyond its Specification of Letters Paten-t. Patented All Application ledpril 19, 1910. Serial No. 556,301.

site end seats on the yupper edge ofthe vside,

thief, however, `not being essential to the vconstruction. After the tie plate is placed` in position on the tie, under the railwith the jaw-5 8 firmly pressed np against the bake. flanges of the rail, the spikes 9 are driven to place. these spikes not only hold ing the tie plate sections against both relativc longitudinal and transverse movement, but Valso binding the rail to the top plates-,5. The lapihesy 11, which are driven in the tinal anchoring ot' the plate. further Secure the plate sections to the tie, and prevent them trom shifting under the rail, the particular hwationof the opening 1U relatively to the slot oi' opening for the spike t), being Such as to obviously prevent the tie plate secj surface. against. the tie extending in oppm site directions,` whereby it cannot tilt substantiall'v, entier lougitudniall l or laterally.

attached side plate G, to afford alanbs'tantial' lSeat. for the rail, and at'itS free and oppol llaving thus described vmy invention, I`

ciaim as new `and desire to secure by Letters latent:

l. tie plate composed of two separable sections. each section comprising a top plate, a side plate. and a bottoni plate for the tie, with the top plate constructed to extend across the tie longitndinalij. of the rail and form .i scat therefor, and having a jan" arranged to engage over the base Ilange of the rail.

a portion of its length nnder the rail, and divided at the top longitudinally of the rail and at the bottom transversely of the rail into two separable Sections, and a jaw formed in connection with the top of each section and arranged toV engage over the base flange of the rail.

3. A tie plate comprising top plates and side plates, each of Said top plates being rigid with one of the side plates and arranged to seat on thc. upper edge of the other side plate, and having jaws arranged toengage over the top of the base liange ofthe rai 2. A tie plate adapted to incase the tie for 4. A tie plate composed of two separable Sections, each section comprising a topk plate,

a side plate and a bottomv plate for the tie,

` A with the top plate of each section divided v 5 from the top plate of the vother section lon gitudinally of the rail and the bottom plate of each section divided from the bottom plete of the other section transversely of the rail. f

5.' A tiey plate adapted to incase' the tie for v a portion of its len h and form a. sent for 'Y the frail, the plate ingdivided into two i f x l separable sections, each section comprising 

